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2. Martello tower - Wikipedia

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   Portmarnock Martello tower, one of many on Ireland's east coast Great Britain and Ireland were united as a single political entity, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , from 1801 to 1922, spanning the time during which most Martello towers were erected (the initial scheme started under the previous entities of the Kingdom of Great ...

3. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A. D. 1803

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   Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, A. D. 1803 (1874) is a travel memoir by Dorothy Wordsworth about a six-week, 663-mile journey through the Scottish Highlands from August–September 1803 with her brother William Wordsworth and mutual friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

4. A Tour in Scotland, 1769 - Wikipedia

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   Illustration of a capercaillie from the volume A Tour in Scotland, 1769 was published in 1771. It is written, between July and August 1769, by Thomas Pennant and illustrated by Moses Griffiths, who travelled together. Despite the book's title, the tour began and finished in England: in Chester and at Downing Hall, respectively. Pennant set a new standard in travel literature: Samuel Johnson ...

5. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides - Wikipedia

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   The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. is a travel journal by Scotsman James Boswell first published in 1785. In 1773, Boswell enticed his English friend Samuel Johnson to accompany him on a tour through the highlands and western islands of Scotland. Johnson was then in his mid-sixties and well known for his literary ...

6. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - Wikipedia

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   In England there was much interest in Scotland, and Johnson's book was not the first to report on it. Notably Thomas Pennant's A Tour in Scotland in 1769 was published in 1771, a far more detailed and lengthy account than Johnson's. Pennant set a new standard in travel literature: Johnson said of him "he's the best traveller I ever read; he ...

7. Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales

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   Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales is the third of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly's "world tours" commissioned by the BBC.It was first aired in 2002, and was released on VHS and DVD in roughly a few months later after its initial release, with three episodes on disc one and the remaining five on disc two.